"The alliance between HR Open Standards & PESC allows us to coordinate standards development efforts, exchange knowledge, advance interoperability, and educate the community regarding standards, all of which benefit our members and the industry."
Kim Bartkus
Executive Director
HR Open Standards Consortium
"PESC…a strong and influential
voice for promoting national and international standards to facilitate
postsecondary data exchange."
Ken Sauer, Ph.D., Senior Associate Commissioner and Chief Academic Officer, Indiana Commission for Higher Education
News & Press
Announcements, Newsletters & Applications
“The Chamber Foundation is excited
to join PESC and to contribute
toward the ongoing development
of data standards for education."
Jason A. Tyszko, Vice President
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Center for Education and Workforce
Media/Press Kit
"Systems must be designed to meet the standards and guidelines of NCES…
including the schemas of PESC."
Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Grant RFA
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009
NEWS & PRESS
DECEMBER 3, 2020
PESC Distinguished Service Awards for 2020: DCC’s Joanne Duklas, Bardic System’s Alex Jackl, AACRAO’s Mike Reilly and Parchment’s Jason Weaver Honored with Distinguished Service Awards 2020
APRIL 27, 2020
HR Open Standards Awarded 1st Place in 21st Best Practices for "Recruiting Specification"
MARCH 9, 2020
DECEMBER 2019
NOVEMBER 2019
White House Releases "ILR - Interoperable Learning Records Landscape Inventory": Staff at the White House compiled this inventory to provide insight into the current landscape of interoperable learning records (ILRs) as of November 2019 (with no intention to update the inventory for subsequent periods).
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
A4L Community Announces New Partnership with HR Open Standards & Continued PESC Alignment
OCTOBER 17, 2019
SEPTEMBER 2019
SEPTEMBER 2019
PESC Distinguished Service Awards 2019: Digitary’s Simone Ravaioli, EducationPlannerBC’s Cathy van Soest, GDN’s Herman de Leeuw, The University of Phoenix’s Monterey Sims Honored with PESC Distinguished Services Awards 2019
JULY 26, 2019
PESC Global Education Organization (GEO) Code Featured in The PIE News
JULY 14, 2019
PESC & AACRAO SPEEDE The Next Big Jump in Techology & Standards Featured in AACRAO Connect
JULY 18, 2019
Lumina Foundation Joins PESC as Member
MAY 13, 2019
Parchment Announces Support for PESC GEO Code
MAY 3, 2019
MARCH 8, 2019
PESC Compliant JSON v 1.0 and XML Request & Response v 1.0 Released as PESC Approved Standards
MARCH 7, 2019
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Joins PESC as Member
AUGUST 8, 2018
JUNE 5, 2018
PESC Presentation to ARUCC on EdExchange
APRIL 30, 2018
APRIL 3, 2018
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
PESC Meets ORA & Signs Bologna Open Recognition Declaration
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
Access 4 Learning and PESC Join Forces on JSON Strategy
JANUARY 16, 2018
INTEROP2018 | Coordinating PESC Services & Technology | San Francisco
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
ARUCC Honored with PESC 20th Year Anniversary Distinguished Service Award
AUGUST 14, 2017
APRIL 17, 2017
iQ4 & National Student Clearinghouse Win 1st Place in PESC 18th Annual Best Practices Competition
MARCH 31, 2017
Common XML Credential for Certificates, Degrees & Diplomas v 1.0 Ratified as PESC Approved Standard
FEBRUARY 14, 2017
PESC To Launch Task Force on JSON Technology
“The Council on Admission and Transfer of Nova Scotia (CATNS) is excited to become
a PESC Member. We are happy
to support development of the standards
that are key to our success.”
Ruth Blades
Operations Manager
Council on Admission & Transfer of Nova Scotia
Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council
“Data standards, trusted source,
empowerment, mobility and its value
to students, education & employers
are the centerpieces of our work.”
Frank C. Cicio, Jr.
CEO and Founder
iQ4 Corporation
“Lumina Foundation believes that data standards are an essential aspect for improving data quality, transparency, and interoperability
on competencies and credentials for students, employers, and institutions. We are proud to join the data standards community & support efforts that allow systems to connect data together to ensure the ability of students to pursue further education and employment.”
Amber Garrison Duncan
Strategy Director
Lumina Foundation
"PESC is the platform for innovative,
problem-solving dialogue, which
results in functional standards,
based on real-world business models."
Anne Valentine
President & CEO
DegreeData
Michael D. Sessa, PESC
“As the exchange of student data becomes digitized, we maintain our commitment to standards and join PESC in its mission to develop data standards in the education domain and to staying in the forefront of technological advancement.”
Jasmin Saidi-Kuehnert
President, Board of Directors
Association of International Credential Evaluators